Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 14, 1909, Page 1

e THE BEMIDJI D VOLUME 7. NUMBER 23. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA{FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH ARCHDEACON OF DIOCESE OF DULUTH DOING MUCH Rev.H.F. Parshall Tells of Work Under His Charge Among Both Indians and Whites.—Indians’ Morals Not _Very Bad, Says Archdeacon. Rev. H. F. Parshall of Cass Lake, who is thearchdeacon of the Diocese of Duluth, has, during the past year, finished a vast amount of work which he undertook for the better- ment of the parishioners of his diocese. Archdeacon Parshall is an ex- ceedingly busy man, and when asked as to the work in the diocese, said: “You ask me to say something of the work of the archdeacon of the Diocese of Duluth. This is *a gracious request and very easy of re- sponse. “The diocese of Duluth includes the northern two-thirds of the state of Minnesota, about 5,700 square REV. H. F. PARSHALL, Archdeacon of the Diocese of Duluth. miles, rich in its fields, forests and minerals; and yet so large a share of our resources goes to enrich those beyond our borders that, in the midst of plenty, we are largely a poor people. Yet there is nota man of any vision but can see the day approaching when we shall be *‘My residence has beenestablished in Cass Lake, so as to be as near as possible to the center of my work. The task assigned me is a large one, and impossible of accomplishment, except for the help that is given me by the rectors of the organized parishes, nearly all of whom serve oné or more outlying stations. Even so, I often have occasion to wish for sixty days a month, in order that I might reach other places, where little groups of Christian people are asking for the service in which they have been trained and have learned to love. “But someone is saying ‘We know you cannot do all that might be done;’ but is anything being done that will give warrant to this interview? “Let us concentrate our thoughts upon the work among the Indians. This work was begun as early as 1852, For twenty-five years the work was limited to a single mission, first at Gull Lake, near Brainerd, jand after 1868 at White Earth. “In 1877 the work was extended to Red Lake, Cass Lake and Leech Lake reservations. It was not with- out great difficulty that prejudice was dispelled and the work estab- lished. But the work has continued to prosper, until now we have twelve organized missions, ministered to by eight native missionaries, and sev- eral women workers. “We have been able to prove, to our own satisfaction, and will un- dertake to convince the most skep- tical if he will investigate, the falsity of the very general belief that ‘All good Indians are dead Indians.’ With an advance of but little more than half a century in the ways of civilization, I am not able to recall another people, of which history teeming with people happy in their |great an advance in the same length prosperity. “I have the supervision, under the direction of the bishop, of all the missionary work of the diocese. of time. “The Indians are as children, still; they are improvident; they are easily lead into the ways of right gives us record, who mave made so |8 living, and just as easily lead into ways of evil; they look to the white man as their natural guides; and just here lies the greatest difficulty the missionarv has to contend with. The white man has too often proven himself unworthy of his civilization. Looking only to his own selfish in- terests, he has not hesitated to cheat, rob and defraud his red brother. Not only:so, but in order to earry out his selfish schemes, he has lead the Indian into ways that are absolutely wrong. He has not hesi- tated to teach the Indian to drink liquor, in order that, when drunk, the Indian might fall the more easy victim to his nefarious schemes. Any sweeping charge may be unjust to some, yet it may be stated as a general rule, that the treatment of our Indians by the white people of our border_ towns is unworthy the civilization of this twentieth century. “Yet in spite of surrounding con- ditions, the church continues to lift her voice for the right living, and she hasbeen signally blessed in her mininstrations. “Our greatest need today, in con- nection with this work, is for several consecrated men to stand as pickets in these in order that we may civilize and humanize border towns, the white people. I am doing what There may be some reader consider it a blessed I can, who will privilege to help. put another man or two in these places.” Waffle Supper.and Sale. The ladies of the Norwegian Lutheran church will serve supper in the I, O. O. F. hall Wednes- day, May 19, beginning at 5 o'clock. The ladies will serve cream waffles and maple syrup, not mentioning other good things to eat. The ladies-will also have many good and useful articles on sale during the afternoon and evening. Everybody is cordially invited. Supper 25 cents. Union Services at Baptist Church. FRIDAY, MAY 14 8 P. M.—The Jewish Question SATURDAY, MAY 15 3:30 P. M.—The Atonement Psalm P. M.—Gospel Sermon SUNDAY, MAY 16 11 A. M.—The Christian Priesthood 3:30 P. M.—The Royal Psalm 8:00 P. M.—Gospel Sermon Local news on last page. TWO GAMES OF BALL TOMORROW-SUNDAY Fosston High School Team Play Against the Local Highs, Hfire, Tomor- row Atternoon. player, here to play with the local " |team, in just what position has not been decided. For pitcher Bemidji has Baumgardner, Mitchell or Staff- ord, with a number of others to help out in case they are needed in the “box.” There are a number of good players for both in-field and out- field positions, so that Bemidji will be represented by a fairly strong team. BEMIDII CITY TEAM'TO PLAY THE WALKER TEAM, SUNDAY Will Be First Contest for the City Club, Which Has Praticed but Litile this Spring. Baseball games will be played in this city tomorrow afternoon and Sunday afternoon, at the down- town park, and local “fans” expect to see some good ball. Tomorrow afternoon, the Bemidji high school and the Fosston high school baseball teams will clash for supremacy. The visiting school team is composed of some husky atheletes who play 'in their high A “LOVE TAP” AT FIRST. school basketball and football teams, and who will undoubtedly putupa strong game. The Bemidji team made a fairly good showing against Brainerd, last Saturday and with added practice will probably make a very good showing. The game will be called at 3:30 o’clock. On Sunday afternoon the Bemidji city team will play its opening game of the season and will have as oppon- ents the Walker team. Walker always bas a strong team, and with Peppin or Rogers pitching and Sundby catching, they have a good battery. The fielders are also good and they are pretty fair *'stick- ers.” The Bemidji team expects to have Summers, the fast Duluth Mail Orders Promptly Filled Copyright 1909 by Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing House want. And all the Cood Clothes Nothing Else IT pays to pay enough for clothes; and “enough” means an amount necessary to get the things you You want what you get in Hart Schaffner & Marx | clothes; and you’ll come to us for thern because these are things you can't get anywhere else. These clothes have a style and fiIllSh about them; a perfection of tallonng, \a fitting quality which you get in no other clothes. wool — a distinction not claimed b many makers of clothes in this country. Suits $18.00 to $40.00 Overcoats $15.00 to $50.0 This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx cloth fabrics are all- This game will also be called at 3:30 p. m., Sunday afternoon. GRAND FORKS LUMBER GO0 DRIVE STARTS TOMORROW Will Bring I 1-2 Million Feet Logs from LaSalle Lake.—W. L. Prebble in Charge. Charles H. Gardner, the general manager for the Grand Forks Lum- ber company, states that his com- pany will bring a million and a half feet of logs from LaSalle lake, near the Itasca State Park, to Bemidji, by water, the logs to be shipped from here to the Grand Forks company’s mill at East Grand Foeks. Mr. CHARLES H. GARDNER, North-Country Manager for the Grand Forks Lumber Company. Gardner has just received two batteaux, which came to Bemidji yesterday and are being hauled over- land to LaSalle lake, where they will be used in driving logs. W. L. Prebble of this city will have charge of the drive and has a big crew of men. It is the intention of Mr. Prebble to start the drive Satur- day, when it is expected that all tke ice will have gone out of LaSalle lake, leaving a clear stretch of water from LaSalle lake via the Mississippi river to Lake Irving. The company will load the logs [lon Lake Irving by means of the hoist on the east shore of the lake, there being a spar of the Great Northern running' to " the lake from the main line, about a mile west of Bemidji. These logs were cut under con- tract by Frank Remley, who put in about 800,000 feet, and Smith & Severance, who put in the balance. SOAP COMPANY MAKES A MOST GENEROUS OFFER Cake of Palmolive Soap Free With Every 5-Cent Package of Galvanic Soap. On the last page of this issue of the Pioneer will be found an ad setting forth the virtues of the fa mous Galvanic laundry soap, wherin the B. J. Johnson Soap” company of Milwaukee, Wis., offers to give a cake of the famous Palm Olive toilet and bath soap free of charge to every person:who buys a 5-cent cake of Galvanic laundry soap, and pays 5 cents therefor arid presents a coupon clipped from the ad printed in the Pioneer. The offer contained in the soap ad is certainly a generous one and should be taken advantage of by every reader of the Piogeer. These cupons will be redeemed at the stores of Roe & Markusen, W. G. Schroeder, E. H. Winter & Co., Wm. McCuaig and O’Leary & Downs, who will cheerfully give the | ! two bars of soap when the purchase of the Galvanic soap is made. TESTIMONY IN KOCH CASE _EXTREMELY INTERESTING Closing Hours of the Trial Are Productive of Some Evi- dence that Is Very Direct.—Case Will Probably Be Completed Tomorrow. Several witnesses occupied the stand yesterday afternoon in- the $5,000 damage suit instituted by Mrs. Mary Johnson of Blackduck against Dr. John C. Koch, the first of whom was the defendant, for further cross-examination by Senator Peterson. Dr. Koch told of the disnia, or difficulty of breathing, with which Oscar Johnson had been troubled during his sickness and went care- fully over the treatment which he had given the case from Wednesday morning to Oscar’s death on Mon- day. The witness did not recall whether or not he had told the family when they might send for Bert Johnson, at Fergus Falls, and Olga, who was attending the state university. In response to a question from Senator Peterson the defendant went over each conversation, being especially particular as to exact time, which he had had with mem- bers of the family during. the boy’s illness and subsequently. In telling of the conversation with Delia in the hospital when the latter had slapped him on the cheek, the doctor acknowledged that he did not “turn the other cheek.” Mr. McDonald offered in evidence two pages of the doctor’s calling book as relating to the visits made to Oscar Johnsomn and the pages were accepted. i C. W. Conway, a Blackduck lum- bz2rman, was called by the defense to relate a statement made by Albert Johnson in reference to Dr. Koch’s treatment of the case but the testi- mony was ruled out as counsel had not laid sufficient foundation. After recess E. L. Oberg, editor of the Blackduck American, testi- fied that he had called at the John- son store between the time of Oscar’s death and the publication of his weekly on March 11, 1908. Mrs. Johnson had answered some questions in regard to the date and place of Oscar’s birth and then went on to say that Dr. Koch had done all he could for Oscar. Mr. Oberg—"I mentioned the ru. mor that they had had diphtheria and not been properly quarantined but she said that as far as she knew they had been quarantined as soon as they knew it was diphtheria.” In cross-examination by Senator Peterson the witness stated that Mrs. Johnson had not said anything as to when they had learned it was diphtheria. Mr. McDonald next called Dr. E. A. Shannon of this city to the stand. The doctor told of the usual symp- toms in the early stages of tonsilitis and in diphtheria and said that a swelling-of the submaxillary glands is rare in cases of tonsilitis although very frequent in diphtheria. ' There is difficulty in determining whether a sore throat is likely to be tonsilitis or diphtheria before a membrane ap- pears. Given Mr. McDonald’s hypothe- tical question up to Thursday even- ing the doctor acknowledged that he would diagnose the case as tonsilitis and thought he would have the same diagnosis on Friday, the other symptoms being added. In cases where no typical symptoms were present that the doctor recognized, yet thinking it might be diphtheria, he would have given 2,000 or 3,000 units of antitoxin a year ago. The tendency has been to increase the dose since that time. Under cross examination by coun- sel for the plaintiff, Dr. Shannon stated that he had practiced fifteen years at Buffalo, in Wright county, before coming to Bemidji almost two years ago. He had graduated from the St. Paul School of Medicine, which was later absorbed into the medical department of the state un- iversity, in 1886. Dr. Shannon’s initial dose of anti- toxin in a case diagnosed as laryn- geal diphtheria a year ago would have been 5,000 units. He ad- mitted that a temperature of 102-103 might be that of either tonsilitis or diphtheria. In answer to the sena- tor’s long hypothetical question end- ing with the size of the fourth dose of antitoxin to be administered Sun- dayevening the witness said that he would have given 3,000 units and in case the patient had become much worse would have increased the dose to 4,000. He had had a case of diphtheria where the membrane spread rapidly without the patient getting much worse. In re-direct examination the doc- tor acknowledged that the question of whether a patient with a sore throat should be given antitoxin would have to be left to the attend- ing physician. Senator Peterson (in re-cross ex- amination)—“Didn’t you diagnose the case of the Larson child in Ny- more last week as diphtheria and refuse to administer antitoxin?” Dr. Shannon— “No, sir. I ad- ministered antitoxin immediately after making my diagnosis. I in- jected 4,000 units.” Court adjourned until this morn- ing. James Sullivan, the Blackduck jeweler, was the first witness called to the stand this morning. He had been a frequent visitor at the John- son home and was there all Satur- day night of Oscar,sillness Dr. Koch [Continued on Last Page.] An extraordinar y one-day day only... We will also run our 35¢ urday only... in America today, barring none.... 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